Peradeniya University's Vice Chancellor Athula Senaratne, has transferred his decision taking power to the Deans against the 34 university students, who have been accused of ragging by the University administration. The VC had taken this decision due an outcome of a discussion held recently with the Vice Chancellor, the Dean and the representatives of the Students’ Unions over the ragging incident.

“PDAS Steven Mann, accompanied by Ambassador and Pol Chief, met Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa on March 8. Gothabaya, noting that an overwhelming majority of Sinhalese Buddhists had voted for Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2005, told us that his brother’s popularity among the majority community was still strong. However, Sri Lanka’s system of proportional representation in Parliament meant that the President’s party would never secure an absolute majority on its own. This, he explained, had made it necessary to creat

The Executive Committee of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) Friday unanimously adopted a resolution stating that former Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake had been `subjected to absolutely unnecessary harassment and humiliation` at the office of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and corruption.

The resolution stated that on April 1 the former Chief Justice was directed to appear before the Commission on May her statement and raise her objections, if any, on the constitution of the Commis

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has demanded that voting rights be granted to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees living in camps in Tamil Nadu and facilities be set up to enable them to vote in the upcoming Northern Provincial Council election. An estimated 100,000 Sri Lankan Tamils are living as refugees in Tamil Nadu.

The TNA has noted that facilities should be set up for the former residents of the Northern Province, in order to enable them to vote, similar to the expat voting rights extended by countries such as Australia, the US

Sri Lanka's Department of Registration of Persons will soon commence issuing new electronic National Identity Cards (e-NICs) for all citizens.

The new IDs incorporating a sophisticated devise required for the current and future needs of national security will be issued through the Department of Registration of Persons.

Commissioner General of Registration of Persons R.M.S Sarathkumara has told the state-run radio that the Department will set up 331 special units in divisional secretariats to issue 15 million new

The Matale mass grave issue was back in the limelight last week with families of several persons who had gone missing in the Matale area during the 1988-1989 period requesting courts to carry out investigations to determine whether remains of their loved ones are among the skeletal remains unearthed from the mass grave.

The Matale magistrate and additional district judge Chaturika de Silva last week ordered a full probe into the Matale mass grave – which is by far the largest to be unearthed in the country – after

 
You Must Continue This Historic Struggle For Extrinsic Independence, Not Just For The Judiciary But For Democracy

Gurur brahma gurur vishnuhu gurur devo maheshwaraha gurusaakshaat para brahma tasmai shree gurave namaha    

Mr.Chairman, Your Ladyship, Distinguished Guests, my dear Brothers and Sisters!

I was indeed pleasantly surprised when your President invited me to address you today. It is eight years since I retired.

Addressing a gathering at the Sri Lanka Press Institute in Colombo on Thursday evening, the President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka, Attorney-at-Law Upul Jayasuriya expressed the following views.

''The law that applies to people with power is different to the laws that apply to the powerless and the people with divergent views. The recent bail application that was filed at a court of law in a quadruple murder case was attended to by the judge concerned in the ordinary course of matters that come up for at his cou

The police have launched investigations into an incident where a person has been reported missing in Gunasinghapura area in Colombo. The Police Media Unit noted that a complaint has been received stating that there was no information on the respective individual after May 9.

The relatives of the missing thirty-seven-year-old named Nilupa Kumara noted that he was last seen early morning on May 9, leaving his residence with a sum of Rs. 200,000.

 

South eastern university students claim that due to the delayed re-opening of the university they have to face many difficulties and challenges.

They noted that with the conclusion of examinations, the term had ended March 20.
The university students further noted that as a result of not reopening the university, the registration of the first year students too have been delayed.

South eastern University Vice Chancellor Prof.Mohammed Ismail noted that the reopening of the university will take place on May 27.